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Multi-age 3–6, mathematics, Year A – Unit 07

This 2-week unit develops the big idea that multiplicative thinking involves flexible use of multiplication and division concepts, strategies and representations.

Syllabus

Outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)External link © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

Students are provided opportunities to:

generate and describe patterns (Stage 2)
use arrays to establish multiplication facts from multiples of 2 and 4, 5 and 10 (Stage 2)
determine products and factors (Stage 3)
use partitioning and place value to multiply 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers by one-digit numbers (Stage 3)
represent and solve division problems.

Syllabus outcomes and content groups

Stage 2

Representing numbers using place value A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-RN-01

Whole numbers: Apply place value to partition and regroup numbers up to 4 digits

Representing numbers using place value B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-RN-01

Whole numbers: Recognise and represent numbers that are 10, 100 or 1000 times as large

Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-MR-01

Generate and describe patterns
Use arrays to establish multiplication facts from multiples of 2 and 4, 5 and 10
Recall multiplication facts of 2 and 4, 5 and 10 and related division facts
Represent and solve problems involving multiplication fact families

Multiplicative relations B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-MR-01, MA2-MR-02

Use known number facts and strategies
Use number properties to find related multiplication facts
Represent and solve word problems with number sentences involving multiplication or division

Stage 3

Represents numbers A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RN-01

Whole numbers: Apply place value to partition, regroup and rename numbers to 1 billion

Multiplicative relations A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-MR-01

Determine products and factors
Use partitioning and place value to multiply 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers by one-digit numbers
Select and apply mental and written strategies to multiply 2- and 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers
Represent and solve division problems with whole number remainders
Select and apply strategies to divide a number with 3 or more digits by a one-digit divisor
Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculations

Resource

Mathematics 3–6 multi-age Year A Unit 7 (DOCX 11787 KB)

Mathematics 3–6 units

Sample units to support implementation in Years 3–6 of the Mathematics K–10 Syllabus.

Multi-age 3–6, mathematics, Year A – Unit 08

Stage 2 and 3 – this 2-week, Year A unit develops the big idea that visual representations help us understand aspects of our world (chance and position).

Category:

3-6
Mathematics (2022)
Multiplicative relations
Representing numbers using place value
Represents numbers
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